Working from home: 7 Steps To Keep Your Data Safe
Keeping your business’s data safe while your team are working from home.
We have a new video to watch and PDF guide for you to download.
Working From Home: Keep your business running
The rapid call to work-from-home has resulted in a shortage of new laptops along with webcams and headsets used for online communication with Skype, MS Teams, Zoom, etc.
Whatever you have decided for your business and your staff, it is important that security, backups and staff vigilance for phishing attacks continues
Working From Home: Slow Internet? Try hotspotting your phone
I’ve had a few people saying that their broadband is slower than normal at home.
This can be because you are normally not working from home at this time of day but more likely due to the increased volume of people using the internet for surfing, watching Netflix, Prime, YouTube, etc.
First, try rebooting the router, check the microfilters on phone outlets and try an ethernet cable if wi-fi is poor.
If you are using a laptop over wi-fi and you also have a smartphone with a decent 4G signal then try creating a local HotSpot on the phone and then connect your laptop to the hotspot rather than your normal router.
See if things run any quicker
Remember to check your data tariff and allowance though
tKnowIT: Services mostly as usual
With the latest announcement from the government, it is important that you know that tKnowIT is able to provide you with your normal IT support, monitoring and maintenances services.
This includes businesses who currently don’t have a support agreement with tKnowIT but need help on a pay as you go basis. tKnowIT can help with IT systems, assistance with staff working from home, auditing and securing their machines, etc.
It is sad to see so many businesses are having to shut their doors until this all blows-over but I’m in the fortunate position that a lot of IT tasks can be performed remotely.
CoronaVirus: Working from home – it’s not too late
Since I sent out the checklist for businesses to consider how staff could work from home things have moved on rather rapidly and we are heading for a full lockdown in the UK. Many businesses have staff in self-isolation at home and everyone should be social distancing.
Coronavirus – Business as usual – your urgent working from home checklist
Your urgent Coronavirus checklist
To ensure your team can work as normally as possible from home
On the 3rd March, the Government published their Coronavirus action plan. In his address, Boris Johnson said that up to a fifth of UK workers “could be off sick at the same time”
Business Continuity – CoronaVirus
In our current situation with the threat of CoronaVirus and its potential impact on business continuity and productivity, there is a need to think more about what happens if your systems become unavailable for any reason.
9 ways to get staff on board with Cyber Security
The most robust way to protect your business from hackers is to mobilise your staff
Cyber criminals are targeting all businesses, all the time. They want to get into your systems and find ways to steal cash from you.
MS Teams: Here’s how to make project communication as easy as possible
Managing multiple projects with lots of different contributors can be a real headache.
Unless you use one of the world’s favourite collaboration tools – that you may already be paying for.
New Utility: Has your email address been stolen?
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